Železná Ruda

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Železná Ruda

Total population

1,630

Coordinates49.14°, 13.24°

Demographic figures from Czech Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Železná Ruda is a town in Klatovy District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,600 inhabitants. It is one of the important sports and tourist centres of the Bohemian Forest.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Hans Ritter von Adam

World War I flying ace (1886–1917)

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Sonja Sperl

German alpine skier (1936–2020)

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Gerhard Pfohl

German medical historian, archaeologist and classical philologist (1929–2016)

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Lois Weinberger

Austrian politician (1902-1961)

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Oskar Steigerwald

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Walter Ziegler

German painter, author and illustrator (1859-1932)

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Wenzel Bredl

German politician (1924-2003)

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Bernhard Fürst

German military personnel

Marek Ztracený

Czech singer and composer

Kristina Taberyová

Czech television director and screenwriter (1951-2023)

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Max Asam

German general (1936–2015)

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László Zagyva

sculptor (1945–)

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Evžen Kůs

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Walter Wellner

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Dieter Stauber

E

Emanuel Prager

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Plzeň

• Srní
  11.6 mi away · pop. 333
• Modrava
  14.2 mi away · pop. 8
• Chmelná
  17.1 mi away · pop. 189
• Žihobce
  18.7 mi away · pop. 319
• Myslovice
  19.8 mi away · pop. 107
• Bukovník
  20.1 mi away · pop. 65
• Svaté Pole
  24.6 mi away · pop. 67
• Velký Bor
  26.3 mi away · pop. 324
• Křenovy
  29.4 mi away · pop. 150
• Nezdřev
  29.9 mi away · pop. 116
• Semněvice
  34.7 mi away · pop. 109
• Kotovice
  37.1 mi away · pop. 150

Browse all places in Plzeň →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Hericium alpestre

Hericium alpestre

Seen 2026-09-21

angel's wings

Pleurocybella porrigens

Seen 2026-09-21

Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria

Seen 2026-09-21

mountain polypore

Bondarzewia mesenterica

Seen 2026-09-21

Amethyst Deceiver

Laccaria amethystina

Seen 2026-09-21

orange polypore mould

Hypomyces aurantius

Seen 2026-09-21

Bay Bolete

Imleria badia

Seen 2026-09-21

Poor Man's Licorice

Bulgaria inquinans

Seen 2026-09-21

porcelain mushroom

Oudemansiella mucida

Seen 2026-09-21

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers